## Actor
### Usage
1. add actor and dependency in Cargo.toml
```bash
$ cargo add xan-actor
$ cargo add serde --features=derive
$ cargo add async-trait
```
> :bulb: If you want to use unbounded-channel on actor system, use `cargo add xan-actor --features=unbounded-channel` instead of `cargo add xan-actor`.
2. create a actor as mutable
**bounded-channel feature**
```rust
use xan_actor::ActorSystem;
...
let mut actor_system = ActorSystem::new(None /* channel size */);
```
**unbounded-channel feature**
```rust
use xan_actor::ActorSystem;
...
let mut actor_system = ActorSystem::new();
```
3. declare Actor to register
> :bulb: The actor doesn't have to use same message type. Single ActorSystem supports it.
```rust
use crate::xan_actor::{Actor, Handler, Message, ActorError};
#[derive(Debug, serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
pub enum MyMessage1 {
A(String),
C(String),
}
#[derive(Debug, serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
pub enum MyMessage2 {
B(String),
}
#[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
enum MyError {
#[error("bye")]
Exit,
#[error(transparent)]
ActorError(#[from] ActorError),
}
struct MyActor1 {
pub address: String,
}
struct MyActor2 {
pub address: String,
}
#[async_trait::async_trait]
impl Actor for MyActor1 {
type Message = MyMessage1;
type Result = MyMessage1;
type Error = MyError;
fn address(&self) -> &str {
&self.address
}
async fn handle(&mut self, msg: Arc<Self::Message>) -> Result<Self::Result, Self::Error> {
println!("[{}] got MyMessage1: {:?}", self.address(), msg);
Ok(msg)
}
}
#[async_trait::async_trait]
impl Actor for MyActor2 {
type Message = MyMessage2;
type Result = MyMessage2;
type Error = MyError;
fn address(&self) -> &str {
&self.address
}
async fn handle(&mut self, msg: Arc<Self::Message>) -> Result<Self::Result, Self::Error> {
println!("[{}] got MyMessage2: {:?}", self.address(), msg);
Ok(msg)
}
}
```
4. register actor into actor system
**bounded-channel feature**
```rust
use crate::xan_actor::{ErrorHandling, Blocking};
let actor1 = MyActor1 {
address: "/some/address/1/1".to_string(),
};
actor1.register(&mut actor_system, ErrorHandling::Stop, Blocking::Blocking, None /* channel size */).await;
let actor2 = MyActor2 {
address: "/some/address/2".to_string(),
};
actor2.register(&mut actor_system, ErrorHandling::Restart, Blocking::NonBlocking, None /* channel size */).await;
let actor3 = MyActor1 {
address: "/some/address/1/2".to_string(),
};
actor3.register(&mut actor_system, ErrorHandling::Resume, Blocking::Blocking, None /* channel size */).await;
```
**unbounded-channel feature**
```rust
use crate::xan_actor::{ErrorHandling, Blocking};
let actor1 = MyActor1 {
address: "/some/address/1/1".to_string(),
};
actor1.register(&mut actor_system, ErrorHandling::Stop, Blocking::Blocking).await;
let actor2 = MyActor2 {
address: "/some/address/2".to_string(),
};
actor2.register(&mut actor_system, ErrorHandling::Restart, Blocking::NonBlocking).await;
let actor3 = MyActor1 {
address: "/some/address/1/2".to_string(),
};
actor3.register(&mut actor_system, ErrorHandling::Resume, Blocking::Blocking).await;
```
5. use it
```rust
// you can send message to multiple actor at once using address with regex
let _ = actor_system.send_broadcast::<MyActor1>(
"/some/address/1/*".to_string(), /* address as regex */
MyMessage1::A("a1".to_string()), /* message */
).await;
let result = actor_system.send_and_recv::<MyActor2>(
"/some/address/2".to_string(), /* address */
MyMessage2::B("b1".to_string()), /* message */
).await;
// restart actors
actor_system.restart(
"/some/address/1/*".to_string(), /* address as regex */
);
// it needs some time. TODO: handle it inside of restart function
tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_secs(3)).await;
let result = actor_system.send_and_recv::<MyActor2>(
"/some/address/2".to_string(), /* address */
MyMessage2::B("b2".to_string()), /* message */
).await;
// kill and unregister actor
actor_system.unregister(
"*".to_string(), /* address */
);
```
### Job
- If you send message at some time or with some iteration, you can use job
```rust
use xan_actor::JobSpec;
...
let job = JobSpec::new(
Some(2), /* max_iter */
Some(std::time::Duration::from_secs(3)), /* interval */
std::time::SystemTime::now(), /* start_at */
);
if let Ok(Some(recv_rx)) = actor_system.run_job::<MyActor1>(
"/some/address/1/1".to_string(), /* address */
true, /* whether subscribe the handler result or not(true => Some(rx)) */
job, /* job as JobSpec */
MyMessage1::C("c".to_string()), /* message */
).await {
while let Some(result) = recv_rx.recv().await {
println!("result returned");
}
}
```
### Address Usage
- You should use address as unique identifier for each actor.
- If you register duplicated address, it will return `ActorError::AddressAlreadyExists`.
```rust
let actor = MyActor1 {
address: "/some/address/1/2".to_string(),
};
actor.register(&mut actor_system, false).await;
let actor_duplicated = MyActor2 {
address: "/some/address/1/2".to_string(),
};
info!(
"[{}] test duplicated actor registration",
actor_duplicated.address(),
);
assert!(
actor_duplicated
.register(&mut actor_system, false)
.await
.err()
.is_some()
);
```